Goalie Cedrick Desjardins makes a big save against Albany at the 30-second mark and Nikita Kucherov cashes in on a breakaway against Rochester at about 1:03.

On the other side of the puck, Syracuse's Vladdy Namestnikov is frustrated by a stick save by Binghamton goalie Nathan Lawson at about 1:20.

Syracuse visits Norfolk tonight and Saturday. The Crunch will be trying to crack Admirals goalie John Gibson, the AHL's goalie of the month for October.

Norfolk is in second place in the East Division with 17 points, two ahead of the Crunch. The Admirals boast the AHL's best penalty kill at 90 percent while the Crunch's power play ranks second at 27.6 percent.